Challenge Wrap Up

Module: Bookshare: Providing Accessible Materials for Students with Print Disabilities

Wrap Up

The world's largest online accessible library, Bookshare provides digital books and software applications to people with qualifying print disabilities. The service is free-of-charge for qualifying U.S. students. The library contains tens of thousands of digital resources: fiction and non-fiction books, textbooks, supplemental educational materials, children's books, newspapers, and magazines. Bookshare's goal is to make materials available to students who have print disabilities at the same time that their classmates receive their materials. The table below summarizes important information about Bookshare. To view more details, roll your mouse over each of the table's sections.

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Think back to your initial responses to the following questions. After working through the resources in this module, do you still agree with your Initial Thoughts? If not, what aspects of your answers would you change?

If you were Mr. Keurig, what would you want to know about students who have difficulty accessing print?

Mrs. Shell mentioned an organization called Bookshare that provides text in alternate formats. What do you think alternate formats are? What further information would you want about this service?

What classroom considerations should Mr. Keurig take into account in order to meet the needs of his students who use alternate text formats?

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